Session 3: Armageddon on the Horizon?

Session 3: Armageddon on the Horizon?

Each of the panel painted their own vision of a cyber-security doomsday scenario

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

In the fourth session, chaired by Tony Morbin, the panel discussed pre-planning and playbooks for remediation, simulation and real-world practice exercises and the role of cyber-insurance.

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

Thomas Whipp, CISO at Charles Taylor PLC

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

Sarb Sembhi, CTO at the Noord Group

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

Matt Holland, global head of information security at EF

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

Thomas Naylor, director at Enablement.tech

Session 4: Reacting to a breach

Closing Keynote: Tackling the unexpected

In the closing keynote, the panelists were asked to imagine the unexpected

Closing Keynote: Tackling the unexpected

Fred Piper is the co-founder and former director of the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway London which has been recognised by GCHQ and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council as an academic centre of excellence in cyber security research.

Closing Keynote: Tackling the unexpected

Ian Glover is president of Crest, the Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers which promotes research and development in standards for professional technical Information Assurance practices.

Closing Keynote: Tackling the unexpected

Ian Bryant has been technical director at the Trustworthy Software Initiative for the past five years. He also teaches at the University of Warwick and De Montfort University and is a principal expert at the British Standards Institute.

Closing Keynote: Tackling the unexpected

Mike Loginov is the founder of the Ascot Barclay Cyber Security Group and is the COO at the Information Systems Security Association UK and Vice Chair of the Coventry University MBA in Cyber Security.

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Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

After the final session at 5.30, it was time for the cocktail hour and drawing the winners in the Passport to Prizes. Thank you to our sponsors for the wonderful prizes on offer!

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

Cocktail hour and the Passport to Prizes draw

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A big thank you to all of our sponsors who made the day possible.

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This year's SC Congress London, held in the ILEC Conference Centre yesterday (10February) was oversubscribed. But while that meant few spare seats in the packed conference hall, a constant throng in the exhibition area, and standing room only for some breakout sessions, it also meant the networking opportunities among 325 fellow CISOs and other information security professional practitioners was excellent.

The standard of questions coming from the floor matched the high calibre of speakers on the stage, and we covered a range of topics including cyber-crime, the IoT, connected control systems and recovering from a breach.

SC Congress in numbers

325 delegates

20 independent expert speaker panelists

9 breakout sessions with industry expert speakers

5 editorial panel discussions

1 practical 'how to' demo

Delegate feedback:

"Great session on the unexpected - not what I'd anticipated"

"I met some really useful people here today"

"I hadn't realised all the different levels of fines under the GDPR"

"Now I have a better idea of what to include in my breach recovery plan - and why I need one!"

"It was good to hear the privacy advocates - it gave a different perspective - very interesting"

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